The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, No alteration is noticeable in the appearance of the discount market. The inquiry for accommoda tion is small, and the rate for first-class three month' paper continues at 81 per cent. Most parties are holding over their bills in anticipation of a reduction being made in the Bank rate to-morrow. About £68,000 in gold was tsken into the Bank yesterday. There was a slight downward tendency in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The shares of the Tavistock Iron and Coal Com pany were in demand this day at 11,-. to 2 prem. The list of application is closed. Toe directors of the Natal Land and Colonisation Company have just issued their report to be pre sented at the forthcoming meeting. It states that, "After writing off 10 per cent. of the preliminary expenses, the accounts show a net profit to the 31st December of £13,466 Bs. 7d., of which sum £3,473 Bs. 9d. have been already distributed among he shareholders, leaving a balance of £9,992 192. 10d. still to be dealt with. The directors therefore propose, on the present occasion, to pay a dividend at the rate of 6s. per share, free of income tax,lwhich will absorb a further sum of £6,918 155., making, with the previous dividend of 35., a total distribution for the year of 9s. per share, or 9 per upon the £5 paid shares, and leaving a surplus to be carried forward to the next account of £3,074 4s. 10d. In addition to the proposed dividend, the fund arising from the payment of 20e. per share on the 14,000 paid up shares to be converted into ordinary shares, as explained in the circular issued last February, will be distributed as a bonus at the rate of 14s. on each paid up share, and 7s. on each share on which £5 have been paid. The Freehold and General Investment Company, with a capital of £250,000, the first issue to consist of half the amount in shares of £25 each, has been brought forward for the purpose of purchasing freehold and leasehold property in London and its neighbourhood. Negotiations are now in progress for the acquisition of freehold properties at the West End, and the vendors have agreed to take a portion of their money in shares of the company, Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 75c. Heavy. The English Stock Market has been adversely influenced to-day through political rumours relative to the Conference, and Consols have declined per cent., the quotations being 911 1 for money, and 901 e less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 Q ; Annuities, 1835, 14 9-sixteenths ; Exchequer Bills, March, 10s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents, 104 s ; Ecfaced 4 per Cents., 93i; and the Bonds 25 dis. Bank Stock is 237, and India Stock 217. Rather less firmness is apparent in the Foreign Market, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 711-, ; do., Consolid6s, 481 49 ; Mexican, 441 d ; do. New Loan, -1 dis. par.; Greek, 231 1 ; Spanish Passive, 34-} 1; Portuguese, 481 1 Italian, 671 68; Russian Loan, 21 a prem. ; Swedish: do., 2.1, 4 prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been exceedingly restricted, and the only change of importance has been an advance of £2 on London and Brighton ; Metropolian have im proved ss. ; and Great Western have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance as regards values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have, in some instances, been a shade flatter. Alliance have receded to 629 ; Bank of London to 581 ; London and Colonial have improved to 16917 ; and London Financial to 281 1. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new projects :—Millwall Iron Works, 1 4 prem. ; Imperial Bank of China, 1 i prem.; Provincial Vanking Corporation, 1 i prem.; In.. ternational Land Credit Company, 2 1, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 00 1 7p.NIVENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Ditto Account, May 8 . 90} a per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B 9l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 -- Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, & 3 per Cent lO die Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Ditto Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 102 per Cent., April 1874.... 217 FZDitto 5 per Cent. July, Ib7o ........ 1051 Litt° Accoun+ Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates DittoEnfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 93 1 Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 ~ Ditto 5i per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 Ditto Bonds El,OOO Ditto under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Braz Ditto 1859 Brat' Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 b Ditto 1863 .. 87i 'llenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — "ilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 pei Cent Bl Colombian 6 ner Cent — Cuba, 6 par Cent. — 11 / 2 nish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 — Ditto Scrip £5O paid • • i pm t,,quador N ew C onso lid a t e d, 1 p er C en t.. ' r -IgYptian 7 per Cent — Ditto Second lue Greek a per Cent., ss . 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account .. - Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) kexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Bi Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto Account... - ) Ditto 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6l "Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 481 Ditto Account Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, X. St Ditto 44 per Cent., 1860 .. Ditto 3 - per Cent 1859 .. • Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Ditto 1864 Scrip, £lO paid Ditto Anglo-Dutch Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent tiDitto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account ' Ditto Passive Ditto Account 344 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded lll Ditto Account —, Swedish, 4 par Cent — Ditto Scrip, £2O paid ...• pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1853 Ditto Account Date, £lOO Bonds — bitto 6 per Cont. 1862 Ditto Account - £lOO Bonds.. — Ditto - 1863 ~. D itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ve nezuela 3 per Cent. ;I, `)itto Account . !.'.3 I. , itt o 6 per Cent. 1362 D itto Account ..., . Ditto 6 per Cent, 1861 4 Ditto 11 per Cent ..... Dividends on the above payable in Lond , n. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. • llelgian Ali per Cent., Ex. 251 — D utch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 6l Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificate s Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 frames — Ditto Account 6B tango' s M oney TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto Account 9la . Ia d Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Alarket firm and quiet. Salo, 7,000 bales. Ire. Ports, 8,161; previously, 53,863. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share 100 A.tlantic &St Lawrence all 59 61 604 Sk Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 100 102 1034 1031 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares... 74 id I p 204 Buffalo and Laae Huron all I 6i 10. Do. Preference .... all 8.1 94 100 1 3uflalo,Brant,etGodriCl, 100 77 82 ( 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 81 100 Do. do. June 1, 1.51 100 77 82 st Clout ta.&S. East'. (Lim; 100 101 p 3 st Cape Town Dock Seri! 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 100 105 107 stock liast Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 104 105 104} 5 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 P stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 2ul, 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 71 13 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 60 ,52 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 62 64 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 51 83 100 Dn. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 43 50 100 Do. do. deferred. all 40 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred. all 23 e 6 stook GLlnchaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 103 101 1044 1 f 20 Do. .New gua. sp. c... 12 I, Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 103 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't op t. all 94 95 100 Do. 54 p. e. do. '77-8.... all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 f fp 2 stock Madras. guar., sp.c. .. 100 1014 1024 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 94 96 stook De. 4t do ".. 100 90 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. Rp. o. Buds. 100 50 11e1b..16 Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. o. alortg. Bds. all 30 Newßrunswick es Canda Class A and B. all 3 5 N.lLl.C'daB pc Ist pf bds 100 82 54 stock Soinde (100 102 103 1034 a stock Do. Delhi 20 Do. ' 10 2 0 101 p :p 10t at Do. Punjaub (G. all 100 102 Do. Do. .... , ?,ulOO I s'ock , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 ,93 95 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ; Can.Gov.bp.c.Ja. &July 1877-61 ... 100 103 105 103 Do. dp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Mar. Sept. 100 102 104 ; Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 89 01 —1, Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 "89 91 Cape G.llope, 6p 6,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1831 100 1(8 110 ,108 i - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891 103 110 112 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 'Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant 100 106 108 -- , N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 101 103 — N Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5p 11., not 100 99 100 --Du. sp. c.,1811 to WC 100 99 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 991 - INew Zealand O p cent. 100 10) 111 ;NOT& Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1 sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 ;Queensland Gcv. •c. 100 'S. Aus Gdp.c.1.87t;.& 1 100 109 111 - 'V lo •Gov.op.o. Ja.&Ju y 100 - Do. io 6 ni.r. A.D.&Oet.. 100 107 108 108 BRITISH MINES. • 2 ',eambrian Canso,. Gold 1 1 id - ulifford Amalgamated 31 33 Deven G. Con..,"ravist ) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 67 70 - • East Clogau Gold Ltd.— , East Caradon ...... I 2.14.0 284 30 East Carn Brea... I 3.4.0 664 Si 'E. WlRussel gavistit.,' 813.0 34 4 I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 180 7 9 Great South Tolgus 17s 24 3 'G. Wheal % T or (lielston, 40 33 35 35 'Grenville Foot 8.12 98 40 i rlingston Downs 4,18.0 34 - Lady Bertha Margaret (City Lelaut 1,1 15 17 Marke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim : 24 11 1 New Setun l9l 85 90 • North Downs 2l 11 11 N.Wli'l Basset(Illo ;an 3.1.0 11 24 North Wheal Croity ;Vat. Consols (R. Blaze) 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 100.7 41 43 - South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 450 470 IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) - 1S. — Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 40 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 - ramar Sllv.dc Lead Mill — - rill Cron 9 18 19 • West Basset (Illogan). 14 9 10 WCr radon (Liskeard; 5 16 18 164 West Seton 1j heal Basset (Mogan) 54 90 95 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 30 35 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuckott Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 12 14 Wheal Seton . 584 215 215 Wheal Mary Ann ;:den.) Wheal Seton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) IVheal Union 1i 2 12 14 215 20 20 21 1i 2 1 3 7 .17 I . Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blytlie and Tyne. Bost. ,Sleaf.,and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do A A nets no div D o. B till 6p c.p been paid to B. Dublin & Ballast June. Dun., Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Irelan Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, mid Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scrith Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 3faryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Thrilling. & Derby gid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do.. shares iliid nert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwic. Do, G.N.E. purchan Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... North London Do New North StalTordshire lg. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon....„ South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1856 rail Vale.... Do B Do C Water Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford tt Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&ll. West Midland—Oxford 1)o Newport Do Hereford' PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 107 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 87 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 102 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 135 i North British, Border Union gua. pref. Sh., 11 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, kc., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., Ditto, ditto, C. 6 per cent. 79 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent,, 17} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12/ Sambre and Meuse, 8 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 112 Ditto (all), 20i 20 FOREIGN ZJINES. St. John del Rey (Tim.), 45 BANKS. Alliance (Um.), (i 21 Ditto, ne*:;r, 56 21 Anglo Ai s t r i a n, 71 Aust; — La s i a , 74 PP,:nk of Otago, lim., 41 Brazilian and Portuguese, lien., 131 British and Californian, lim., 61 Chartered kier. of India, London, and China, 704 70 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 11 East:London, lint., 81 European Bank, lim., 121 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um), 33 Ditto, new, 15 Imperial Bank (lim.), Ditto, new, 251 Imperial Ottoman, 211 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim. 6 London Bank of Scotland, Urn., 22 London and Brazilian aim.), 58i London and Colonial (lint.), 16 17 London and County. 61 London, Tlamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 181 London Joint stock, 49 8/ London and Northern, lim., 23 1 London and South African, 26 London and %% estminster, 94/ Merchant Bank, lint., 231 Mercantile and Exchange : lint., 191 M etr opolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 321 Mexican, lim. 61 7 New South \V ales,: 561 London, firm., and S. Staffordshire, Urn., 211 54 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 ca 8 1 2.pm., 14/ unio D n i totfo,Lnoenwd,oil:d,ssu9ei MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim.; 31 Berlin Water Works, NM, 8 i City Offices, Ern., 5f Continental Union Gas, Jim., 6 - I Credit Fonder, 13 12i Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira. 5: Fore -street Warehouse, lini., 0} en. Credit and Finance of London, llm., 104 1 Hudson's Bay, 19i I Imperial Financial, lim., 94 International Financial society, lim., 1 11 Joint Stock Discount, iim., 74 4 Land Securities, lim., London Financial Association, lim., 284 8 Ditto, new, 164 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 16 16j 16 National Discount Company, lim., 144 4 B r ook SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUI43. Railways. I Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 84 Si 9 83 lis 119 120 6 7 35 37 16 17 88 90 104 106 47 (7 6i 7i 129 131 138 140 128 Lit 90 92 64i 641 1111 111 65 07 10t 104 40 41 1101 111 i, 97i 94 531 54i I 1 (4,1 1154 I 32i 1321 103 1(5 504 61 244 25i 101 101 57i 68i 89 90 127 120 1i 2i p 76 78 10/ 111 121 123 39 40 64 66 83 85 Pof 91i 103 106 7i 86 366 376 9& 10 8 Bhp 165 170 5 7 3 E p 98 100 TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EYE'NING, MAY 18, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant and a Jury.) ADVERTISING FOR EMPLOYMENT,-A NEW CHIMNEY POT,-RADDON V. BAKER, This was an action to recover commission for selling a new and improved chimney. pot, and it created some amuse ment. Mr. Besley appearing for plaintiff, and Mr. Collins for the defendant. It appeared that plaintiff saw an advertisement in the Daily lelegraph for canvassers for an article in daily and great request. He was to have a commission on all he sold and he set out that he had introluced the article in a few places, but with great difficulty. In cross-examination plaintiff said he went round with a sample, worse luck. (Great laughter.) Mr. Collins—Why so ? Plaintiff—Because I had to drag about all day with one of the chimney-pots under my arm, in a hat-box, (Llughter,) It was like a great pillow. Mr. Collins—Why did you not put it on your head. (Great laughter.) Plaintiff—Because my bead does not smoke. (Renewed laughter.) Another witness deposed to having gone round, but he was not bothered with samples. He sold without. An attempt was made to refer the case, but plaintiff's counsel declined, and defendant's counsel endeavoured to show that plaintiff was seeking to recover for more pots than he had sold. The inventor of the new chimney pots said he made cer tain terms with the plaintiff, lower than those claimed, Defendant was the capitalist. Mr. Besley—Now is this your advertisement--" Wanted agents everywhere to introduce the everlasting mousetrap." (Roars of Laughter). Witness—lt is. Witnesses were called to show that special terms had been agreed upon before tho plaintiff went to work. His Lordship having summed up, The jury found for the plaintiff for his claim less 10s. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day s MARLBOROUGH STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE. — BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE MESSENGER OF THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—John Kennedy, one of a number of fellows who nightly hang about the Haymarket Theatre, and cause great confusion by running after and annoying persons leaving the theatre to knoW whether they require cabs, &c., was brought be fore Mr. Knox charged with the following brutal assault on Alfred Bell, messenger at the Haymarket Theatre, Bell said that on the previous he saw the prisoner and three other men at the dress circle entrance of the theatre annoying ladies by soliciting them to have cabs. He attempted to move the men, when the prisoner turned round and gave him a violent blow on the nose, knocking him down, and on getting up the prisoner gave him another blow in the face and then ran away. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said he had not been to a doctor yet, but his nose was broken. Police-constable 300 A proved pursuing the prisoner and taking him into custody. The prisoner said he was shoved by the complainant, and he thought he was justified in striking him. Mr. Knox said the prisoner was one of a gang of touters who hung about the theatre and were a perfect nuisance. The complainant was only doing his duty in trying to re move them, so that persons leaving the theatre should he allowed to do so without being annoyed, when the prisoner commits a violent assault upon him and breaks his nose, He should sentence the prisoner to two months imprison ment with hard labour. CAUTION TO BEERSHOF KEEPERS.—Mr Daniel Bard, the keeper of a beershop at High-street, St. Giles's, was summoned by the police for opening his house for the sale of beer before one o'clock on Sunday. Inspector James Brennan, of the F division, proved visiting the defendant's house at a quarter past 12 on Sun day morning, the Bth inst., in company of Sergeant Ackrill, and seeing six men standing in front of the bar, one of them drinking from a quart pot containing malt liquor. Having called Mrs Bard's attention to the men being there, he went into a room at the rear of the bar and saw some men sitting at a table, on which were strewed some playing cards. There was also a quart pot with beer in it. Mrs Bard represented the persons in the room as her lodgers. In answer to Mrs Bard, who represented the husband, Inspector Brennan said the door of the house was not shut, only closed to. Sergeant Ackrill corroborated the inspector, and said that on leaving with the inspector he placed a constable to watch the house to see whether any of the persons Mrs. Bard said were lodgers come out. A constable said from a quarter past 12 to 2 o'clock he saw persons leave the house and one enter, Mrs Bard having called some witnesses, Mr Knox aseertained from the inspector that the defen dant had previously been fined 20s and costs for keeping his house open till a quarter past one. The inspector and sergeant both stated that bad charac ters frequented the house. Mrs Bard said the police had not told the truth. Mr Knox said he did not believe two such intelligent officers as the inspector and sergeant would swear what was not true. The defendant was fined 20s and costs. Progress of Ordnance at Home and Abroad, The above was the title of a most important and interest ing lecture delivered by Commander R. A. E. Scott, R.N., at the United Service Institution, on Monday evening; Captain Heath in the chair. Capt. Scott remarked that at his lecture in January, 1862, he had to describe the French cast-iron guns, hooped, rifled, which still fired the round ball, and made use of rifle pro jectiles with a low charge for the purposes of bombardment. Now the French were fast making steel guns, which they had rifled upon a simple plan, and it had been said that 4- one-third inch plates with wooden backing had been pierced at 1,000 yards by a steel shot from a gun weighing 6 tons. The rifling of their field-pieces, which are muzzle-loaders, continued unchanged, and the projectiles have similar studs to those that were first adopted. American officers who had taken part in the struggle going on between the North and the South had told him that in that country the navy had always been opposed to the rifled guns, and although several of the larger Parrotts have been introduced it had been in opposition to their opinion. One officer, who had commanded a squadron, told him that the crews were afraid to use the rifled guns, and that in consequence he gradually got rid of all but a few light chase pieces. The experience at Charleston amply confirmed this idea, for a large proportion of the Parrott rifles gave way below an average of 300 rounds each, and most of them gav,e way towards the muzzle, owing to the increasing twist checking the shell, and so causing an explosion in the gun. They stood pretty well when fired horizontally, but could not stand high elevations where the recoil was reduced. The new cast.iron 10-inch American gun of 7/ tons, with a special charge of 43ib., was the most powerful broadside gun in the world. This charge was only in tended to he used when the gun was employed against an iron-clad. The 11-inch Dalhgren guns had been ordered by the ,Secretary to the Navy to fire a charge of 301 b. of powder when engaging an iron -clad; but the usual charge was settled at 291 b. fcr a solid shot, and 151 b. for a shell. The light charges of 3011 a. were adopted after many trials, when it was found that 11 inch charcoal iron guns were far stronger than anticipated, and that as an iron-clad would be engaged at close quarters and the gun would be laid nearly horizontal, it would have but a comparatively small strain thrown upon it. The Southern States, although un accustomed to the manufacture of iron, soon started a foun dry, and had continued to turn out guns in considerable numbers. The size of bore most in use for their defences was a 10-inch. It was round steel shot from smooth-bore guns of this size which did such good service at Charleston, and large quantities of the shot were made by Mr. Vavas seur, the present manager of the Blakely Ordnance Com pany. Several other English makers also assisted, and the shot was sent out as " cheese." The Southerners had a pet rifle called after Captain Brook, which—like the Parrott gun--is of cast iron strength ened with a band over the breech. They found, however, from the capture of the Atlanta, that they were greatly mistaken as to the power of the rifle, and that after all the smooth bore was the best gun. What dispelled their confidence was a 4201 b. shot from a Rodman gun on board the Weehawken, which shook every timber of the Atlanta, and killed or wounded about 40 men, besides paralysing the remainder of the crew. The Southerners had received a considerable number of field guns from Europe, some strengthened iron guns of large bore, and some steel guns. But the Blakely Company knew more about that part of the subject than the lecturer did, The Prussian system—from which the English lead -coating and breech loading was a delicate off-shoot—consisted of a rifling similar to the Parrott and Manton, with the exception that the grooves narrowed towards the muzzle, and so relieved the strain upon the gun, It was possible that this ingeni ous arrangement suggested the contrivance of the muzzle nips in the English fine grooved and shunt gu ns , as we ll as for the French plan, the principle being similar to that of our early Enfields. The Prussian projectile s wore leaded so as to show large projectiles of lead, wh i ch squeeze down into the rifling with comparative small strain. They first used one and then two wedges in their breech-loading, but they have not found breech-loading so satisfactory as they anticipated for 24-pounders. The Prussians com menced with a field-piece made by Krupp of mild steel, and the wear of these guns had given them no reason to regret their choice of material. They then con verted their brass guns into rifled breech-leaders. They are now replacing their new 24-pounder rifled guns of 50 or 60 cwt. and their cast-iron rifles by steel guns. It appeared to have been a shot from one of these steel 24- pounders that lately damaged the Danish cupola ship by striking her on the deck. Referring next to the Austrians, Captain Scott remarked that after numerous experiments with gun-cotton, and almost perfecting its use they seemed unwilling to incur further expense, and therefore the manu facture was drooping. In the matter of artillery they had made but little progress during the past year. The position of the Spanish, Swedish, Danish, and Italian artillery was also about the same as it was in the beginning of 1862, The Russians had been recently making numerous experiments. They had copied the French system of grooving. England had supplied them with a large nal , 4l= of steel shot, and it was understood that most of the 9-inch and 11-inch built up steel guns now making by the Blakely Company were for that nation. The Russians had alsa given large orders to Krupp for solid steel guns, and had also caused severe to be made in their own country ; but the larger charges and heavy elongated shot used had prevented the heavy solid rifled guns yet tried from withstanding 100 consecutive discharges—a failure which might be cured by the use of lighter shot. But there could be no doubt that the guns were powerful, and behind the iron slabs with which their forts are to be covered thedyarwi g would prove very formidable antagonists to any ships could fire round shot with the n p r ot a r e shse to s 0 vf a f e t 0 s t r a t d c cn ki an t r h cg e e e m s a. , b r f for da v it they nh ge thus briefly noticed the lecturer directed attention t o proceedings at home ; but adopted it was said that work it out, any rema r k s upon home ordnance must the m country was bound to Armstrong's system was inasmuch as when Sir necessarily be confined to a resume of the progress and o re n s l u y l h ts a o d f t t h h e a t Armstrongsystem. He (Captain Scott) had the grati fication of stating, in connec tion 12 system. with that system, that not length, but by the skill o f Artillery, a sort of Dutch case i:munder been reduced a foot in Lieutenant Reeves of the Royal had been adapted to the gun for use at close quarte rs . length, the 600 pounder is so short that it approaches the h nstead also of the new guns being made of an exc ess i ve howitzer in that respect. The fifty Somerset guns buildi n g naval in the Arsenal were all that guns. The vent piece of the Armstrong was giving a vent hole through the lty to the double wedges and gun, thus following closely the Russian type; and although the o fine grooving had not been enti r ely abandoned no ne w 160 pounders were now being so rifled. In a word, breech loading was flickering in its socket before having been finally given up by Sir William Armstrong. The shunt syste m , of which the disadvan tages had already been pointed out, is al s o on the wane, it having been pro ved t hat the early impression as to the from d amag e done to the muzzlesqueezing the shot was well founded. T he whole of the heavy guns rifled on this plan had cracked round the muzzle , So, after all, it was now i n con templation to give up the sh unts and grips, and come to a plain groo ve, with sha rp asrnrsßut the same ten dency to fracture existed in these s e. h arp cornered grooves as in the shunt groove. Capt. Scott next proceeded to notice the Armstrong and Whitworth compe tition. fi He described the guns used, an d remarked t hat e latest improvements, Armstrong ordnance emp l oye d c omprised all Sir William' s but did not includ e an y g un n ow used had in the service, not withstanding all that the nation forms of the Armstrong gun. Mr rlaid for the earlier Whitworth , brought to the contest three 12 pounders and three He . 0 pounders, such as he proposed for the service. had were entirelyrounded out the angles of his rifling, and his shot o f iron rounded at the corners --an improvement which h ad , greatly lessened the :wear on the driving B id, of ~,e His 70 pounders weighed about 78 cwt. '" gun s rifling. Captain Scott then gave a long and technical account of the tesult of the expe riments at Shoeburyness with these n rival an Upon the breech-loader he remarked that it was —sofe' far below the standard of the others that some of its strengest supporters had at last said--J , Let us, at all events, far whenever loader ;" and they had go od reason to sa y so 40 or 50 rounds were fired con secutivel y , ev en with , have a breech moderate quickness, the men in the rear of the gun had t heir faces and clothes blackened by the es ca p e of g as . It was useless to further conceal the fact th at soldiers weree as e fearful of n the gun as sailors, and becam e so agitated and vens in rapid firing that during 20 0 r ounds fired about a ;o ways ago the vent-piece was once p ut in the wrong y ) and once the breech screw was not screwed up. Both these a de fects were happily seen in tim e by a spectator . T he 70 pounder had not yet been trie d, but the lect u r er had no hesitation in stating that the Whitworth projectil es would have greater penetrating power than the Armstrong shot. The Mackay, the Blakely, and th e Palliser guns we passed in review, and, in conclus ion, the lecturer remarkednext That the discussion of these ques tions was a g re at national advantage, and had it taken place earlier, and conducted thoroughly, a very large sum of mone y would have been saved which had been expended up on wea p ons now proved to be of comparatively little value . This m oney w ould have been far more usefully employe d in develo ping the ste°l manufacture of the country--a m anufacture which was admitted by Sir Woo. Armstrong himself to be still far behind the great Prussian fires represented by Kru pp. All other countries had utilised the mate rial alrea dy in h and, and expended v e ry little upon new guns ; but &w an d at once commenced a new manufacture, which was pointed out at the time to be i m p er f ect; t and a the present moment there was not a single portion of any of Sir Willie. 're s Plans of rifling which could be adapted to a naval gun. Some remarks upon the many failures of the Armstrong guns in active service ; the benefits that would accr ue from the sub jectifc of naval guns being taken UP by a com mittee of prac • al naval officers ; and the best mode of plating vessels, brought the lecture to a conclusion. In the course of the discussion which followed, Captain Selwyn commented adversely upon tho late leading article in the Times upon the practical lesson to be deduced from the late fight in the North Sea. The Times declared that rifled guns and long ranges would decide future actions; and the limes also made other remarks concerning which Captain Selwyn observed that it was very dangerous to the naval supremacy of the country that the leading journal should draw each incorrect conclusions and teach such false lessons. Young naval officers were, perhaps, better instructed in the contents of the daily papers than in the duties of their profession, and were therefore likely to pay too much attention to the remarks of those gentlemen who, sitting at home at ease, seemed to be cai able of saying all kinds of things upon all subjects. No naval action ever ,had been or ever would be decided at long ranges. On the contrary, he believed in the tactics gallantly pursued by the Austrians in going into close quarters and doing what they could, although in that case, as in many others, two to one was one too many. A vote of thanks brought the proceedings to a close. Mr, Dion Boucicault and Mr. Webster, " THE FOX CHASE," TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—An announcement to the following effect has been made to the public by Mr. Webster, the manager of the St. James's Theatre, in reference to my new comedy, in five acts, entitled the " Fox Chase" : " Notice.--This comedy, when sold to Mr. Benjamin Webster, was guaranteed to be new and original,' or it would not have been so announced; but Mr. Boucicault has just acknowledged, in a private letter, that he took the idea from the French drama of Sullivan.' " As this notice has been freely repeated and commented upon by the press, I beg of your courtesy and sense of jus tice Ito admit my reply. I have not acknowledged in a private letter that I " took the idea from the French drama Sullivan;' three weeks ago, in a letter to Mr. C. Mathews, I observed that the story of my piece was the same as " David Garrick," then forthcoming at the Haymarket ; the anecdote underlying the two sub jects being the same. I now beg Mr Mathews to suffer this letter to be published. There is nothing in it of a pri vate nature, and there could be no reason for withholding the whole of it from publication, except a desire to mis-state a part of its contents. Mr Matthews knew that I had pro • duced the piece completed, and in good form, in America, in 1844, and he wrote to me concerning these alterations and additions. I replied that I had no copy by me of the New York edition, and if the incomplete copy in Mr Webster's hands were thrust on the stage, it would barely escape failure. The facts are these :—ln 1863 I offered Mr Webster an unfinished comedy in five acts, called "The Married Bachelor ; or, Don Quixote the Second ;" he lent me £5O upon it; and it is needless to observe that such an amount is a very small part of the value of a "new and original" comedy in five acts, such as Mr. Webster states he pur chased under my guarantee. He made no inquiries as to its originality. For eleven years the play remained un noticed in his possession, until the 2d of May, when he advertised simply "a new comedy," by Dion Boucicault, Esq., to be produced on Saturday, May 7. On that day be postponed the performance for three days, and altered his description of it, calling it a "new and original" comedy, which announcement he maintained for three days—long enough to enable him to issue the above notice on the day of performance. As "David Garrick" was produced at the Haymarket a week before my comedy was announced as "new and ori ginal," as my private latter was antecedent to that period, Mr. Webster was fully acquainted with the similarity which existed between the two works, and his announce ment was thus made to create an occasion to make an apology in the form of the above notice. r I I leave it to the public to form their own opinion upon the motives which have induced this gentlemen to produce my work in a manner to secure the failure I predicted, and then to place a playbill in the hands of the audience on the first night, containing a further inducement to them to condemn the play tendered for their entertainment.—Your obedient servant, DION' BOUCICAULT. Manchester, May 13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—" Utterers of untruths should have good memo ries," is an old saying, and Mr. Boucicault's is rather at fault. Mr Boucicault, in his letter relative to the comely of " The Fox Chase," says that he did not state that he took his idea from the French drama of " Sullivan," but from the same source as "David Garrick" at the Haymarket, which is avowedly " Sullivan"—a distinction without a difference. "We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us," it seems. I hope Mr C. Mathews will com ply with Mr Boucicault's request and publish his letter. I ask for no better sample of Mr Boucicault's epistolary style. I have a vast number of Mr Boucioault's letters which, if he desires to see in print, his wish shall be instantly acceded to, with notes. Mr Boucicault states that in 1853 he offered me an un finished comedy, in five acts, called " The Married Bachelor; or, Don Quixote the Second." That I lent him £5O upon it and made no inquiry as to its originality. Now mark, sir, how a plain tale sets him down, The comedy was not only finished up to the last speech, but had been carefully rewritten in parts, as the manuscript in my possession will amply prove. In verification of its being finished, it was offered, and I presume accepted, at the Royal Princess's Theatre on December 12, 1852, nine months before he brought it to me, and afterwards to the Lyceum Theatre, but whether before or after it was sold to me I have no data at present to ascertain precisely. Knowing that Mr. Boucicault's originality in "London Assurance" and other dramatic works had been rather seriously questioned, I required Mr. Boucicault's assurance that this comedy was "new and original." He assured me it was entirely so, and on the title-page of each act is written by Mr. Boucicault himself "A now and original oomedy in five acts, by Dion Boucicault." In addition to this, the memorandum of agreement, dated September 6, 1853, drawn up by himself and witnessed by my son, commences— " Received fifty pounds on account of my new and original comedy, Don Quixote the Second,' being half the entire purchase money, if successful." - It must be understood that Mr. Boucicault was in the continual habit of borrowing sums of money of me, and working a portion of each piece. I have before me now his I 0 U for £2OO, dated June 23, 1853, scarcely three months before the arrangement for the comedy. This I 0 U, with many others, are now only curious autographs, as Mr. Boucicault's incidental residencein America for seven years allowed him the advantage of the Statute of Limita tions. The production of the comedy until now was delayed in consequence of the illness and death of Mr. Wright, for whom the character of Tom Waddy was written. I pro posed it as the first piece to be produced this season at the St. James's Theatre, and knew nothing of its not being original; but " The Silver Lining " was preferred. However, being confident in the word and honour of Mr. Boucicault as to the originality I did not conceive delay was dangerous. Upon finding that I had been imposed on, at a time when I was his only friend, I thought it a duty to myself to announce the fact. I appeal to the public if his borrowed work has not been produced and cast in a manner to secure the success of any drama deserving success, and not in a manner, as he asserts, to secure its failure and condemn the play. The artists saved it, and were twice called at the end. Doubtless Mr Boucicault has been con founding this comedy with three or four others that he had advances of money to write, but forgot to do all but the titles.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Royal St. James's Theatre, May 17. 13. WEBSTER. Condemnation of La Pommerais, PARIS, May 17 (Evening). The trial of the poisoning case of Ls Pommerais was concluded to-day. The jury found the prisoner guilty of poisoning the widow De Pau w. No men tion of extenuating circumstances having been made, La Pommerais was condemned to death. The main points relied upon by the prosecution were :- 1. That the deceased died of poison. • 2. That the poison was the nature of those which, belonging to the vegetable kingdom, might leave no characteristic traces in the organs, and might not be eliminated by chemical analysis, but which revealed their presence by their effects, and were discovered by the deadly action which they exercised upon living animals. 3. The experts attracted not only from the matter vomited by Madame Pauw on the flooring of her room, but also from the organs whiuh were analysed, a toxical principle which, being tried upon animals, produced effects analogous to those experienced by Madame Pauw. 4. These effects and this action greatly resemble those known to be produced by digitalis, and the medical men, without positively affirming that digiL talis was the poison used, say there is a strong pre sumption that Madame Pauw's death was caused by that substance. 5. Madame Pauw was in no way ill till the day before her death ; the alleged affection of the heart and stomach for whioh she consulted several doctors was like the fall she said she had had—fables in vented by her, or to which she lent herself. 6. The autopsy showed conclusively that she neither died from a fail nor from internal hemorr hage, nor acute or chronic gastritis, nor from a per foration of the stomach, nor from any natural cause. 7. That poison was found in the prisoner's house, which he cannot account for. B._That digitalis was one of these poisons. THE PRUSSIANS IN JUTLAND.—We learn from a reliable source that on the 11th inst., the day previous to that fixed for the cor.mencement of the truce, Field Marshal Wrangel imposed a fresh contribution on the in. habitants of J utland, and that the troops under his cora. wand actually levied it on the 13th and 14th Wt. 1111 f 66 lu 3 l 3 4i 4l 9111 i 101. 11 7 115 14 15; 132 THAMES. ROGUES IN GRAIN.--SCANDALOUS ROBBERY.—Thomas Clark, George Owen, and George Wilton, were brought before Mr Paget, charged with being concerned in stealing three sacks of oats, the property of Messrs. Sewell and Co., farmers, of Carbury, near Woodford-bridge, in Essex. Yesterday, in consequence of information received, a police-constable named Louis Lambert, 311 K, received instructions from Inspector Kenessey, of the K division, to watch Messrs Sewell's vans and carts on their way to LondoL, as it was believed some of their men were robbing them of corn to a great extent, Lambert saw a van drawn by three horses belonging to Messrs Sewell, and in charge of Clark, drive up t o the Bird-in-Hand publichouse in Bow . in the aftern oon . Th e t eam s t o pp e d there. Owen, who i s employed at the stables atttched to the Bird-in-Hand, took a sack of oats off the van, carried his load down the yard of the Bird-in .Hand, and was joined by Wilton, who is the ostler to another publican named Flowers, who is also a contractor, and lives nearly opposite Wilton, opened a padlock which secured the stable door, brought out another sack, and held it wide open while Owen discharged the sack of oats he took from the van into it. Lambert then made his appearance and at once captured the two ostlers, who seemed thunderstruck. Lambert also made a prisoner of Clark. There were two more sacks of oats in the van, and Lambert believed they would have been taken into the stables of the Bird in• Hand if ho had not been pre sent. The prisoners begged most earnestly of Lambert to release them, and offered him money. Wilton said, "I'll give you anything to let me go." In answer to Mr. Paget, the constable said Clark was present when 0 wen took the sack of oats off the van, and while it was being taken into the stable he stood in the road close to his horses. Mr. Henry Sewell, solicitor, and in partnership with his brother as a farmer, in Essex, said the three sacks of oats belonged to him and his brother. He looked at the samples of black oats taken from the sacks, and a sample taken from a building on his farm. The samples were all alike. He had a manufactory in London. The van ought to have come up empty yesterday. The horses were fed with a mixture of chaff and oats in nosebags. There ought not to have been any oats in sacks in the van. Clark had been carter and foreman in his employ at the faint for three years. Lambert said that two other men in Messrs. Sewell's employ had been engaged in stealing their corn, and asked for a remand. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoners for a week. The Constitution of the Sun, Since the discovery of spectrum analysis much has been done to ascertain the nature of the sun's substance from the colour of the bands of the spectrum ; but whether the pho• tosphere, that is, the luminous surface present to our eyes, and supposed to envelop a dark inner nucleus, is gaseous or not, it has not been hitherto so easy to determine. Ac cording to Arago, the photosphere itself is surrounded by a transparent atmosphere. Herschel considered the photosphere to consist of luminous clouds. This question is ably treated by Dr. Magnus in a late number of Pogg en dorf s Annalen. He observes that is difficult to suppose that 'the photosphere, which souls out the heat of the sun, should not radiate internally as well, and thereby raise the supposed solid nucleus to a temperature of ignition since the reflecting atmosphere, held to be interposed between the nucleus and the photosphere, though it may prevent the illumination of the nucleus, cannot hinder the heat from passing. He is, therefore, inclined to adopt Kirchhoff's theory, according to which the sun is composed of a solid and liquid nucleus in the highest state of ignition, and surrounded by a transparent atmo sphere of somewhat lower temperature; Kirchhoff reject. ing altogether the idea of a dark nucleus which has hitherto met with such favour on account of the easy explanation it affords of the suu's spots. M. Magnus, having instituted some experiments on the radiation of heat, applies them to the subject in question in support of M. Kirchoff's views. Ho states that having introduced some soda into the flame of a gaslight, whereby, as is well known, it be comes much brighter, he found that notwithstanding the diminution of temperature, which was necessarily caused thereby, the flame radiated abaut a third more heat than before. When platinum, abstracting still more heat than soda, was introduced into the flame, the quantity of heat radiated was still greater. These experiments, accord gaseous bodies radi a t e ver y or liquids, and th a t it can m i n u g c t h e e l l e u s r s a h u e t h a t o r t , h s a h n o w s t l d a s t therefore hardly be maintained that a gaseous photosphere is the sent of the solar heat. Further, ignited soda has much more radiating power than platinum heated to an equal temperature ; a circumstance of some importance, since seldom has been ascertained to be of one of the con stituents of the solar mass. Church-rates id New Parishes. Yesterday evening a public meeting was held in the new Iron Church, Brewers-fields, Bethnal green, for the phrpose of taking into consideration the Attorney• General's " Church Building and New Parishes Act Amendment Bill," which stands for second reading in the House of Commons next p r i a 'iy evening. It was stated in the announcement calling the meeting that attention would also be called to the maaner in which church rates were levied in the extensive parish of Bethnal-green, now split up into a number of ecclesiastical dis tricts. Mr. G. GOWLAND, who was called to the chair, said that the object of the Attorney-General's bill, which contained upwards of 300 clauses, would apply to the whole of the 1,600 new parishes already created, as well as to those which might be formed in future years, he thought that in the present state of the church such a movement on the part of the government was highly injudicious. The bill was in direct opposition to the promise of Sir Robert Peel when he introduced the Church Building Act of 1828; and he thought that liberal churchmen, as well as dissenters, should come for ward in opposition to the rate, for the result of the bill if passed would be that parishes now free from church rates would be saddled with them. Mr C. SToVEL said that every year made the law of church rates more intricate, and it was necessary, therefore, that they should watch all points of the law in their most delicate applications. When he and others conferred w ith Earl Grey, in 1834, on dissent ing grievances, his lordship said that the natural re sult of dissenting principles must be the destruction of the church, and that churchmen saw that point as clearly as dissenters themselves. He thought, there. f bre, that dissenters ought to state what they wanted and what they intended to do, so that there might be some moral dignity in their proceedings. He thought Lord Grey was right, and he for one had never hesitated to declare, as a dissenter, that he desired the severance of the Church from State. He contended that the church establishment was the greatest impediment to personal religion, and the most powerful machinery in existence for promoting infidelity. He concluded by moving the first reso lution:—" That this meeting deprecates a legalised and compulsory system of public worship and re ligious teaching in any case, and in whatever form, as being contrary to Christian principle, and unjust to the citizens who bear that wrong; but that is intensely aggravated when, as in the present state of the English hierarchy, it is designed to support teachings which are either not explicable at all or not to be ex plained in any sense which is not hostile to the written word of God, and especially when, as under the local a3t of this parish, the deprecated compul- sory support of religion is enforced in terms which conceal from the parishioners the real intention of the law." (It appears that in Bethnal-green there is no actual church rate, but the amount necessary for the repair of the fabric of the church is raised under what is called a " composition rate.") The Rev. Mr. HOOPER seconded the motion, and pointed out the nature of the grievance of which the parishioners of Bethnal-green had to complain. No one seemed to know how or when the act passed through Parliament, but every one knew that it conferred almost unlimited powers upon the vestry to rate the parish for church purposes. He com plained that many items were paid out of church rates which were clearly illegal, such as £3 6s. for hat and boots for the beadle, visitation, confirma tion, and ocher fees, expenses of election of organist, . _ payment of pew openers, &e. Such charges he considered it was the duty of the parishieners to resist. The resolution was put to the meeting, and i was unanimously adopted. Mr. J. C. WILLIAMS moved the second resolu tion :—That as the churches erected under the several church building acts were built on the dis tinct understanding, repeatedly expressed in parlia ment, that they were not to be maintained by means of church rates, and, notwithstanding, ad vantage has been taken of the ambiguous language of the statutes to attempt to levy church rates in new parishes, this meeting is of opinion that the Church Building Acts ought not to be re-enacted by parliament, without the insertion of a clause which will distinctly prohibit the imposition of burdens on ratepayers for such a purpose, and that accordingly a petiiion to the House of Commons be signed by the meeting, and that the borough mem bers be requested to support its prayer." He went over at great length the history of church rates, and contended that the Attorney-General had embodied in his bill what parliament had explicitly declared should not be done. He had reason to believe that the Attorney-General intended by this bill to throw impediments in the way of a settlement of the church- rate question, and he had reason to believe that the learned gentleman would propose to modify his bill, by leaving out altogether the clause relating to church rates, so as to leave the question exactly where it stood at present. If this scheme of the Attorney-General were allowed to pass a gross injustice would be done to the non-conform ing portion of the community. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could be more unjust than to permit churches to be erected by voluntary contributions . . throughout the country, and then to allow the whole community to be taxed for their support. (Cheers.) The Rev. H. D. NORTHROP seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted. A petition to Parliament embodying the above resolutions was then agreed to, and entrusted to Mr. Ayrton and Mr. Butler for presentation, and the meeting separated. ENORMOUS CATCHES OF MACKEREL.—The Cor. nish seine owners and fishermen are more than ever of opinion that the present season will prove to be the most productive one on record. The catches for the week end ing Saturday last were enormous, and many of the local markets were overstocked. On the Sunday large quanti ties of fish were hawked about the county in consequence of the heavy stock secured on the previous evening by the Newlyn, Mousehole, and other boats, on the arrival of which at a late hour a scene was presented of unusual ex citement and confusion. So great was the quantity of mac kerel landed that in many instances salesmen were unable to get a bid for their stock. Carts were filled and sent to the inland towns and villages, and one or two of the boats left for a port where it was hoped something like a price would be obtained. Numbers of the fishermen, after despair ing of anything approaching ready sale, shared "catches" at random, and the process of opening and curing was commenced in earnest. Hundreds of poor people were thus employed not only throughout the night, but during many hours on the Sunday. Much. of the fish was of first-rate quality, and many thousands were sold for 2s 6d to 3s per hundred of six score. On the same evening some "East-country" boats landed many thousands of fine mackerel at Penzance, whero the same difficulty as de scribed above was experienced in getting rid of them. On the Saturday night also the St. Ives drift boats brought in large catches, which, as in other cases, were difficult to quit; one boat had 10,000. Altogether, there fore. the supply of mackerel secured in one night alone was enormous. On Monday the fishermen had not much success, but on Wednesday unmistakeable evidence was afforded throughout Cornwall that the catches on the pre vious night had again been large. On Wednesday evening there was what may be almost termed a blank, while on Thursday the fishermen again sailed in the tide of good luck. On Saturday the markets were literally glutted with . mackerel, and prices were very low. At Truro even, a town which is by no means one of the oheapeet mackerel markets, splendid fish were retailed at 10, 12, and (in the evening) 14 and 15 a shilling. Several scores of tons have been sent over the Cornwall railways, and some of the stations are almost unbearable on account of the great fish traffic dur ing the week. Notwithstanding the low prices some of the wholesale buyers have lost considerably during the past fortnight in consequence of the continued large supply of fish, the quality of which seems to be fully equalled, if not somewhat excelled at every catch. A CHILD POISONED BY BUTTERCUPS.—An in quest was held on Monday last, at the Bull Hotel, Dartford, before Mr. C. J. Carrtar, coroner, on the body of a child named Sarah Elizabeth Heron, aged six years. It appeared by the evidence of the mother and father of the child that some time before death the deceased had com plained of feeling very unwell and in great pain about the body and legs. The mother afterwards discovered that the deceased had been eating buttercups from a field close by, and sent for a powder from a chemist's ; but as the de ceased vomited a great deal, and presented every appearance of having been poisoned, she hastened off for the parish surgeon (Mr. Martin), but that gentleman di d notn ont arriverie at the house until' the child was dead. examination had beend been p ei poisoned , whichy g eett clearlyeating buttercups; p rorvsdand that the th deceased had e thought jury returned a verdict to that effect, but Mr Martin might have attended soo ner upon thedeceased.-- Maidstone Journal. CRICKET. THE TWO ELEVENS.—This snatch yEaltevLenordh'assfi Gfir2srrotso4tuinrnudn runs sna innings,gt to win, I\liBvBt second l e l vn b de e seen r t e h s a u t ro t e h d e y li e a n t e t r t d ed a isnunbjinoigna,thle66srco treet:al—,A3lll4n.uglaaintded, EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—The obituary in the Times of yesterday contained more illustrations lif e than have ee a s d p e p aa e mt a ho r us e d ue tf i e n df t ut h or i s sg3 j e o 7n u , t l r ge n r a v lei giving g o a r na an of prolonge d two n e o r s e liad g de e ire o as f b wi B e 9 ht yraseeea—u united s vi a it n ze at 6 hg monthe to each, and, as usual, the fair sex taking the lead, the eldest having reached the great age of 103, and the youngest 83 years of age; the oldest gentleman being 90 years and the youngest 85 years of age. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day w as very moderate. The trade, however, ruled heavy for a i; qualities, at from is to fully 2s per quarter below the rateii current at the close of last week. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup. plied. For all descriptions the demand was in a sluggish state, and prices had a downward tendency. Floating oargoes of grain were in limited request, at barely late rates. The season for malting barley is now over. Grinding and distilling qualities met a slow sale, at previous quo- , tations. Malt sold heavily, at late rates. Oats, the supply of which was moderately good —were ix slow request, at barely stationary prices. Beans and peas supported Monday's currency. The show of samples was limited. In flour only a moderate business was transacted, o; former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...— 2EO 1 I 1,7_80 1 3,940 10 i 280 Irish.. — 1 - Foreign 210 3 ,( 80 I :3,610 I 60 sks. —brls, __ WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules heavy. as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 8d ; veal, 33 6d to 4a 6d; and pork, 3a Oa to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is dull, and prices have a downward ten dency. The accounts from the plantations are very favourable. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, May 17—Sylph, from Barbadoes—Thomas Dryden, from Shanghae—Balaklava, from Al goa B a y— Sop hia;fro m Dunkirk—Carlo, from Trieste—Majestic, from. Jamaica—Santis, from Terceira. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, May 17—Cleopatra and Dorothea, from Deme rara—Jenny Jones, bark, from the West—Eskdale, from Alexandria—all for London—Duchess of BedforJ, of Dart mouth, from the North, for the West—Ann Increax, bark, from the West, for the North—Cambrian, for ./ amaica--- Heroine, for New York—both from London. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Alex ander Graham Dunlop, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Cadiz. MAY 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Philipp Goldschmidt as Vice-Consul at Manchester for his Royal, Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh. MAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Theophik. Chrestien as Consul at BAngoon for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial fm; portance in the Gazette : Ann Beercliffe, innkeeper, Harrogate William Lloyd, innkeeper, Anglesea Abraham Solomons, cattle dealer, Bushey Henry Cole, boot maker, Standish, Gloucester George Folkard, grocer, Norwich James E. Weeks, coach builder, Devonport Charles Blygbton, carcass butcher, Westminster George Farr, tinman, Holton Ootavius N. Spong, Greenwich Evern W. Evans, builder, Clapham-road Alfred Rutland, clerk, Islington George Green, waste dealer, Oldham Thomas Lanning, baker, Southsea Amos Boon, commercial traveller, Sheffield BANKRUPT,JY ANNULLED. William Dowell, licensed victualler, Lower Lancing, Sussex SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Dickson Ferrie, S.S.C., Leith. Wm. Munro, Millwright, Newton, near Elgin Wm. Muir and Son, grein millers, Paisley. James Crichton, draper, Old Cumnock, Ayrshire William Watt, farmer, New Monkland, Lanarkshire George Moore, farmer, Coldstream. Course of the Exchange.—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 Antwerp --25 721 t Brussels — 25 72± Hamburgh — 13 9± Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine, -120 i Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid ... • • • 47 43 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 80 25 2i5 Milan ' 25 82k 25 90 Genoa — 25 82k 26 87f Naples Palermo .. • 25 90 26 95 Messina — 25 90 26 95 Lisbon —51 f Oporto...P . —51 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars • Silver in Bars (Standard) 11 171 12 1 12 1 25 771 25 77i 13 10 25 37/ 25 80 25 80 1201 11 90 11 90 32! 11 80 32a A FRIGHTFUL HINT !—The &nita ltaliana of the 14th calls the attention of Garibaldi to the follow ing points ;—That Caprers is a rock where there are not many houses, and where he resides with a very few persons and without any precaution. 2. That the . Greek Archipelago is full of small islets full of pirates, always ready for plunder. 3. That consequently it might happen that, seduced by the promise of a rich reward, some pirates might surprise and carry him off, or perhaps kill or throw him into the sea. " For those reasons," adds that journal, " we recommend him to keep a sharp look out." ANOTHER FAMINE IN HUNGARY.—The Pesth Hirnok professes to have learned from reliable sources that the recent hard frosts have destroyed nine-tenths of the rape and four-tenths of the wheat sewn in Hungary. The loss sustained is estimated at 40,000,000f1., but the accuracy of the estimate is questionable. THE MURDER. ON BOARD THE SAXON.--There is a naval court-martial in session at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, for the trial of Acting Master Charles Danenhower, of the United States navy, upon a charge of murder on the, high seas, in shooting James Gray, mate of the British. barque Saxon, in October last, off the coast of Africa. The charges are preferred by Mr. Seward, Secretary of State, upon the information of Lord Lyons, the British Minister. The case was submitted to a court of inquiry, after the return of the Vanderbilt, on which the accused was serving, and he was fully exonerated from blame, and justified for the act, and the finding, it was understood, was approve& by the Secretary of the Navy. His lordship the British Minister, not being satisfied with the result of the pm ceedings, has induced the Government to convene a court. martial for the trial of Mr. Danenhower, and the case is s , as we have said, in process of trial.—Nets York Herald. PHOTOGRAPHY.—Last week M. Poitevin corae municated to the French Photographic Society curious process of his for obtaining photographs in relief light on porcelain, a process which he calls helioplastic engrav ing. If a thick layer of bichromatised gelatine receives th e put in t o impression of light through a negative, and then water, those parts only will swell up that have b . ee s n o T t r h ° : views o n . porcelain, tected from the solar rays, so that all the a on on, M. Poitevin, having print comes out in relief, while those the answertgpahrteaassei. remain depressed. In this state the produced d a esc b r y ibe v d a , r u i : us es gelatine resembles those ingenious called lithographic, in wh i c h, on :t e m. tam . I) being placed behind, the shadesa ia re inas. degrees of thickness in the porce obtained his impression on gelatine pre pared then coated with a thi n bakedin the ov en . T he picture thus comes out veil distinct, the fusibl e enamel having which consequently the minks i p s a re are b roug h t out in it as a mould which he cove rs witht plastic porcelai n , on an thr oPen co rel l i o e u f. red T e h n e am pl e a l te , mostly run in to all the depre ss ions. Which here constitut e th e shades. The lights, however, not being pure, this is reme died by grinding off the enamel carefully on the spots re quired, un til the porcelain is unc overed. This done, the plate is onc e more enamelled with a colourless glass and again ex posed to the action of the fire—M. Kaiser, a Dutchman, proposes the following dry collodion process :—A glass plate is covered with collodion containing no bromide, but known to yield good impressions by the ordinary methods. It is exposed to the action of the silver bath, then washed with filtered rain water, and afterwards with a mixture of half a gramme of camphor, 100 cubic centimetres of absolute alcohol, and two of acetic ether, so that none of the water of the previous washing may adhere to the plate. For this purpose the liquid is slowly delivered to the plate by one of the corners, and allowed to run oft at the opposite one, driving the water before it. The plate is now left to dry, protected from dust and all impurity. In order to develops the print he uses a solution of -- 1 gramme of pyrogallic acid, 2 do. of citric acid, dissolved in 100 cubic centimetres of distilled water, and a few drops of a solution of nitrate of silver at 6 per cent. The plates thus prepared may be preserved a month without losing their sensibility, and may be developed several weeks after exposure to the light. AdvicEs from Tours state that the Bishop of Evreux has got much worse, and is now dangerously ill. The Archbishop of Tours, at whose house he has been stop ping, administered the last sacraments to him the night before last, and prayers have been offered up in all the churches. The King of Greece has invited the represeng tativea of France, England, and Ru6sia to accompany him in his excursion, to the lonian Isles. I Share 13.14, st 10 st st 50 20 LIP.IfL 471 1011 911 1